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S. W. ENTREKIN.

COMBINED CUTTER, PUNCH, AND PLIERS. No. 304,089.

Patented Aug. 26, 1884..

UNITED STATES n'rnnr Oriana.

SAMUEL JV. ENTREKIN, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO JACOB XV. MEESE, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBlNED CUTTER, PUNCH, AND PLlERS.

Z5PL'CIFICAIION forming part of Letters Patent N02 304,089, dated August26, 1884.

Application filed December 14, 1883. No model.)

.To 60% whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL W. ENTREKIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Combined Gutter, Punch,and Pliers for use in Connection with Sewing-Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part thereof, in which my new instrument isrepresented partly open in Figure l and closed in Fig. 2.

The object of my invention is to provide a convenient tool by which theround or halfronnd belts of sewing and other similar machines may bequickly and conveniently fitted to a proper length when they are to beap plied to the machines, or may be shortened when they have becomestretched and loose from use.

To this end my device consists of two jaws, H, pivoted together at J,and having handles like ordinary pliers. The jaws H are provided ontheir inner sides with half-round recesses D, A, and G, the recessesGbeing much smaller than the recesses D and A. To the side of one of thejaws H, adjacent to the recesses D, is attached the knife or cutter E,and in the same jaw in the recess A is secured an ordinary hollow punch,B, of sufficient length to reach the bottom of the opposite recess whenthe instrument is closed.

The operation of my device is as follows:

When a belt-is to be fitted, the same is out to a proper length byplacing the end thereof in the recess D and closing the instrument tocause the cntter E, which shears against the opposite jaw, to cut offthe end projecting be yond the cutter. Holes for the belt-fastening linkor hook may next be made by the punch B operating in the recess A, bywhich latter the belt will be held, and the fastening link or hook maynext be bent into proper shape by forcing the jaws H, together with thelink or hook, in the recesses G, which will hold the same from slippingwhen under pressure.

Thus it will be obvious that by the use of my tool a belt may be quicklyfitted to its proper length, punched, and the ends secured together bythe fastener.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent- The combined cutter, punclnand pliers herein described,the same consisting of two pivoted jaws having handles, said jaws beingpro- 5 vided with belt-recesses of proper size to hold a beltwhile beingcut and punched, and hook or link recesses smaller than saidbelt-recesses for holding a link or hook while being bent, one of thesaid jaws having a punch and cutter operating in connection with saidbelt-re cesses, substantially as set forth.

SAMUEL XV. ENTREKIN. lVitnesses:

J. FRANKLIN Rnrennr, J. W. Mnnsn.

